While commonly referred to as a “broken wrist,” most wrist fractures are actually fractures of one or both of the two bones of the forearm, the radius and the ulna. A fracture of the distal radius is ...

Diagnosis from 6-view NP-administered POCUS of the distal radius and ulna was compared against ... Overall forearm diagnosis was classified as ‘no’, ‘buckle’ or ‘other’ fracture for both modalities.

A subsequent x-ray showed a left radial buckle fracture. According to a heavily redacted report from the Virginia Department of Social Services, a NICU doctor told a Henrico police investigator ...

Buckle fractures ... Greenstick Fracture. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. Pountos I, Clegg J, Siddiqui A. Diagnosis and treatment of greenstick and torus ...

5, 2023 — read, in part: “There is mild angulation and bands of increased density within the distal left radius with adjacent periosteal reaction consistent with a ‘buckle’ fracture.

The radius is most likely to be fractured in this situation. The common symptoms of a buckle fracture are pain, tenderness, and swelling. You may see bruising over the area of the fracture.

Can Fam Physician. 2018;64(10):746-749. Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Distal radius buckle (torus) fracture. Johns Hopkins Medicine. Fractures in children. Ben-yakov M, Boutis K. Buckle fractures of ...

The overall interobserver reliability of this fracture classification is better than most other reported agreement for fracture classification systems in adults. According to Landis and Koch ...

Falls are the main cause of distal radius fractures. They may also occur during trauma from a vehicle accident or sports injury. Treatment varies but may include a sling or cast and sometimes surgery ...